The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-01-27
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another Dan. over another Cad over an ther
Le1ulon over another Judah, and 50 on, But
Christ ma 10 is written over | the Eat S,
aud on every panel Of the gates nd nave
His h lp, His ardon, His inter esion, His
atonement, | IN Ist or be a .orlurn wretch
forever. Ny Lord and my Godl make me
and all who hear me this day, and all to
whom these words shall cone, thy le-
pentant believing, sworn, conSe rated and
ransomed followers forever
What day it will bs! This entire Assem-.
blage would rise to your feet il you could
reali % it, the day in which Christ shall in
fulhllment o. my text divide the spoil 1t
was great day whsn Queen Wet ria, in the
midst of the Crimeaa war, dlstr, ltsI mel
ais to the soldiers who ha come hJme sick
and wounded. AT the Horse q Iarii, in pres
en- of the Roy Il Family, I 10 in nlured men
were arrie1 in or came on crLt heS-Coionel
Troworidge, who lost both feet at lnkerman
and Caatan SayeA who had the ankle
joint OF his right lag shot OF at Alma; and
Captain Cure, his di aoed limb supported
by a soldier, and Others ma med. and dlshg.
ure !, an eXha Isted-aud with her own hand
tn, Queen gave each the Crimeau me iaL
And what triumphant daYs tort 10 20 o'diers
when further on they reCe vel French
medal wi thelmpcrlal eagle, aud the IurE'
ish me lal with its representation OF TOUR
hags-France, Turkey, Englan AMI Sardl'
n.a-and beneath II map OF the Cflmea
spr, al over gun whe H. -,
And What rewards are suggested 70 all
readers OF history by the mere mentioh OF
the Waterloo medal, an | tine Cape medal,
and the Gold Cross me!al, and the medals
struck for bravery in our Aae"l an wars.
But how insignificant all these compared WITH
the day when the good soldiers OF Jesus
CHRIS snail come in out of the battles OF THIS
" lr,d and in tie presence Of all tht pied up
galleries of the redeem d and the
unfallen, Jesus, our KIM, shah di-
viii the spoil! The more wounds, the
greater the inheritance. The longer the
forced march, the brighter the trophy. The
more terrible the exhaustion, the more glori-
oui the transport Not the gift OF hrullant
ribbon, or a medal of brass, or silver, or
gold, but a kingdom in whi h we are to reign
tor ever and g yer. Mansions on the eternal
Hills Domiuions # unfatin5 power. EN-
res OF unending love. Continents OF ever
assinc light At.sltis AMI Pacific oceans
FLOWING 'oy. 1t was q great day
...en Aur,l an the Roman Emperor,
aue back Iro n his. victories In tne
| rolU of the procession were Wlla nea'I'
| ftom all lands, sixteen hundred gladlators
richly clad, wagon loads CT crowns ana
trophies presented by conquered clties;
sm5nT o2nc' the captives Syrian, Egyp ians,
| Goehs Vandals. SarmatIans, FRANKS, ana ana
| /enObIa, the beautiful captive queen, on 1901
| in chain, of gold tn It a slave had TO help ner
! carry, and Jewels under the weight OF whl n
! she al most fGnted. And tneh came Cuo
| chari 1t OF Aureliln drawn by 1our ete nauIi
| in ]us cararjson, and followed
by by the Roman, Senate and the Roman army
aid from dawn till da"k the procession was
assng. Rome in all her history never @ saw Nv
ANYTHING more ma ,niti -ent. But no" Iliuci
| crater the day when our Conqueror' Jesus:
Shall ride und,r the triu npha! arche; he, OF OF
heaven; His captives, not on fo2t; ouo IN
chariots. ali the ng Ions o! earth and heapen
in procession the armies ce!estlal on %nits It's
I.5rses. Fu nblilg artillery OF thunaeroniGs
never again to be unlimbered. hngao.i,ss ~
line. Io centuri in line sanity, cherublc; 6ni
saraphic arthangelc splendori; in Hae,nnn Inc ana
/ Christ seated on one great rolling hosahla'
,,,aIa rut of all Halell ans Of all worlds,
%aS sha cry qy' alt to the procession a And d. not
forgetting even the humblest in all the rthen then
of His omnipresence, H shall Sc ana ana Inen oor,
| and there, Hi, work d 1ne ani MS 80 ,yy, as
sumatei, proceed, amid an ecstasy sucn as
neither mortal nor immortal ever inaslne''
| to divide the sNOil.